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November 16, 2011
BEAUFORT, South Carolina (AP) - The world knew him as heavyweight champion Smokin' Joe, but Joe Frazier was simply called…
November 15, 2011
They all came, the great and the small. Bus drivers, lawyers, doctors and boxers...
November 14, 2011
(AP) - Former heavyweight champions Ali and Larry Holmes and promoter Don King were among those to pay respects at…
November 8, 2011
(AP) - There was a time when Muhammad Ali taunted Joe Frazier relentlessly, called him ugly and challenged his manhood...
November 8, 2011
OPINION - The lingering after effect of being called 'Uncle Tom,' 'white people's champion,' 'ignorant,' 'gorilla,' and 'ugly' by Ali…
November 7, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Joe Frazier, the former heavyweight champion who handed Muhammad Ali his first defeat yet had to live…
November 7, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier is battling the liver cancer that has put him under hospice care...
November 5, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier has liver cancer and is under hospice care...
October 28, 2011
VIDEO - An innovating boxing program in Manchester is giving youths more than an opportunity to learn the sport. It's…
October 27, 2011
OPINION - Tyson has used comedy to reform his public image, flipping that movie role into various TV and Internet…
October 26, 2011
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Mayweather has pleaded not guilty, and the trial could take most of the morning before Las…
October 15, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dewey Bozella has won his pro boxing debut at 52 years old, beating Larry Hopkins by…
October 14, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - While athleticism at their ages is impressive, both match ups raise the same question -- at what…
October 11, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - At 46, Hopkins won't duck from the changing hair color on his face. Tinged with more than…
October 3, 2011
theGRIO Q&A - Here's what the champ has to say about his book, his career and why he doesn't long…
September 20, 2011
OPINION - If the roles were reversed and Mayweather was the one who delivered an intentional head-butt and was knocked…
September 19, 2011
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Floyd Mayweather Jr. won the fight with a questionable -- if legal -- pair of punches…
September 18, 2011
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Mayweather remained unbeaten and did it in emphatic fashion Saturday night, stopping Ortiz at 2:59 of…
September 9, 2011
WASHINGTON - Tori Nelson first started boxing at the age of 29, but in her pursuit for the championship Nelson's…
August 29, 2011
OPINION - Youth boxing programs aim to teach children discipline, promote physical fitness and provide them with positive choices, especially…